Forest Ecosystems

Article	Citations
Exploring willingness-to-pay for the restoration and maintenance of reserved forests in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana	50
Expected adult lifespan in tropical trees: Long-term matrix demography in a large plot	49
Can a multistage approach improve individual tree mortality predictions across the complex mixed-species and managed forests of eastern North America?	42
Spatial-temporal variations and driving factors of soil organic carbon in forest ecosystems of Northeast China	41
Outside Front Cover	40
Nonlinear multilevel seemingly unrelated height-diameter and crown length mixed-effects models for the southern Transylvanian forests, Romania	39
Tree growth is more limited by drought in rear-edge forests most of the times	38
Carbon allocation in Picea jezoensis: Adaptation strategies of a non-treeline species at its upper elevation limit	33
Enhancing wood efficiency through comprehensive wood flow analysis: Methodology and strategic insights	32
Retention of harvest residues promotes the accumulation of topsoil organic carbon by increasing particulate organic carbon in a Chinese fir plantation	28
Stand biomass of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantations benefits from high density monocultures in the boreal zone	27
Root overlap and allocation of above- and belowground growth of European beech in pure and mixed stands of Douglas fir and Norway spruce	26
Land-use legacies affect the composition and distribution of tree species and their belowground functions in a succession from old-field to mature temperate forest	25
A bibliometric analysis using machine learning to track paradigm shifts and analytical advances in forest ecology and forestry journal publications from 2010 to 2022	25
Effects of root dominate over aboveground litter on soil microbial biomass in global forest ecosystems	23
Combining WV-2 images and tree physiological factors to detect damage stages of Populus gansuensis by Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) at the tree level	23
Do root modules still exist after they die?	23
Topography modulates effects of nitrogen deposition on microbial resource limitation in a nitrogen-saturated subtropical forest	22
Effects of forest canopy density and epixylic vegetation on nutrient concentrations in decaying logs of a subalpine fir forest	22
Geoecological parameters indicate discrepancies between potential and actual forest area in the forest-steppe of Central Mongolia	22
Novel evidence from Taxus fuana forests for niche-neutral process assembling community	22
Responses of soil CH4 fluxes to nitrogen addition in two tropical montane rainforests in southern China	21
Forest management causes soil carbon loss by reducing particulate organic carbon in Guangxi, Southern China	21
Developing allometric equations to estimate forest biomass for tree species categories based on phylogenetic relationships	20
Effects of functional phylogeny of light-response-related orthologous genes on seedling survival in a subtropical forest	20

Seasonal snow cover patterns explain alpine treeline elevation better than temperature at regional scale	19
Competitive effect, but not competitive response, varies along a climatic gradient depending on tree species identity	18
Vegetation C–N–P accumulation and allocation patterns at the community level in early restored plantations in the loess hilly-gully region	18
Modeling the effect of stand and site characteristics on the probability of mistletoe infestation in Scots pine stands using remote sensing data	18
Tree-based ecosystem services supply and multifunctionality of church forests and their agricultural matrix near Lake Tana, Ethiopia	18
Deadwood affects the soil organic matter fractions and enzyme activity of soils in altitude gradient of temperate forests	18
Soil chemical fertility change over four decades in the Morvan Mountains and influence of tree species (Burgundy, France)	17
Ecosystem service multifunctionality of mixed conifer-broad-leaved forests under climate change and forest management based on matrix growth modelling	17
Tree mycorrhizal strategies regulate diversity–productivity relationships across forest strata along soil fertility	17
Patterns and driving factors of leaf C, N, and P stoichiometry in two forest types with different stand ages in a mid-subtropical zone	17
Updating the distribution of Nothofagus alessandrii: Impact of deforestation, fragmentation and connectivity	16
Site index determination using a time series of airborne laser scanning data	16
Assessment of the heartwood contribution to carbon accumulation in Pinus sylvestris L. trees under different forest site conditions	16
Evaluating tree branch angle measurements of European beech using terrestrial laser scanning	16
Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies	15
Eight decades of compositional change in a managed northern hardwood landscape	15
The ecological scale mediates whether trees experience drought legacies in radial growth	15
Drivers of tree demographic trade-offs in a temperate forest	15
Elevation gradient distribution of indices of tree population in a montane forest: The role of leaf traits and the environment	14
Prediction of the joint impacts of sea level rise and land development on distribution patterns of mangrove communities	14
Effects of lag time in forest restoration and management	14
Assessing Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 spectral-temporal features for mapping tree species of northern plantation forests in Heilongjiang Province, China	14
Strong controls of daily minimum temperature on the autumn photosynthetic phenology of subtropical vegetation in China	14
Complexity responses of Rhododendron species to climate change in China reveal their urgent need for protection	13
Spatiotemporal dynamics and geo-environmental factors influencing mangrove gross primary productivity during 2000–2020 in Gaoqiao Mangrove Reserve, China	13
Trade-offs among fine-root phosphorus-acquisition strategies of 15 tropical woody species	13
Ground-based/UAV-LiDAR data fusion for quantitative structure modeling and tree parameter retrieval in subtropical planted forest	13
Environmental and biological factors affecting the abundance of Prosopis flexuosa saplings in the central-west Monte of Argentina	13
Trees species’ dispersal mode and habitat heterogeneity shape negative density dependence in a temperate forest	12
Stabilizing forest productivity and resilience at multiple scales	12
Functional trait profiles and diversity of trees regenerating in disturbed tropical forests and agroforests in Indonesia	12
Black locust coppice stands homogenize soil diazotrophic communities by reducing soil net nitrogen mineralization	12
Six forests in one: Tree species diversity in the Bosque Protector Chongón Colonche, a lowland mountain range in coastal Ecuadorian	12
Mature stand developmental stage has ceased to constitute the most suitable habitat for the capercaillie in the Augustów Forest, Poland	11
Examining approaches for modeling individual tree growth response to thinning in Norway spruce	11
Early response of understory vegetation to the mass dieback of Norway spruce in the European lowland temperate forest	11
Forest disturbances and the attribution derived from yearly Landsat time series over 1990–2020 in the Hengduan Mountains Region of Southwest China	11
Analysing changes in spatial point patterns: A proposal using data from a forest thinning experiment	11
Fungal diversity and community composition responses to the reintroduction of fire in a non-managed Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem	11
Forest height mapping using inventory and multi-source satellite data over Hunan Province in southern China	11
Gap edge canopy buffering of throughfall deposition in a subalpine natural forest	11
Reconstructing historical forest fire risk in the non-satellite era using the improved forest fire danger index and long short-term memory deep learning-a case study in Sichuan Province, southwestern	10
Ice storm damage to oak forests in subtropical China	10
Fire and retention island remnants have similar deadwood carbon stock a decade after disturbances in boreal forests of Alberta	10
Variability and determinants of vascular plant species composition in patches of old managed oak forest stands dispersed within Scots pine monocultures	10
What diameter? What height? Influence of measures of average tree size on area-based allometric volume relationships	10
Grouping tree species to estimate basal area increment in temperate multispecies forests in Durango, Mexico	10
Assessing the effect of invasive organisms on forests under information uncertainty: The case of pine wood nematode in continental Europe	10
Prediction of tree crown width in natural mixed forests using deep learning algorithm	10
The changes in soil organic carbon stock and quality across a subalpine forest successional series	10

The control of external and internal canopy structural heterogeneity on diversity and productivity relationship in a subtropical forest	10
Drivers of tree regeneration in coniferous monocultures during conversion to mixed forests in Central Europe – Implications for forest restoration management	9
Impacts of oak deforestation and rainfed cultivation on soil redistribution processes across hillslopes using 137Cs techniques	9
New approach to calculating tree height at the regional scale	9
Quantifying foliar trait variation and covariation in sun and shade leaves using leaf spectroscopy in eastern North America	9
Effect of the rotation frequency in the eucalypt plantations	9
Different responses of soil respiration and its components to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a subtropical secondary forest	9
How can the forest sector mitigate climate change in a changing climate? Case studies of boreal and northern temperate forests in eastern Canada	9
Leading directions and effective distance of larch offspring dispersal at the upper treeline in the Northern and Polar Urals, Russia	9
Neighborhood effects on tree growth in a Fagus sylvatica - Abies alba forest following an ice storm	9
Plant–rodent interactions after a heavy snowfall decrease plant regeneration and soil carbon emission in an old-growth forest	9
Independent and interactive effects of N and P additions on foliar P fractions in evergreen forests of southern China	8
Differential modulation of crown allometry and stem growth at gap edges in five European tree species by drought conditions	8
The diameter of beech snags is an important factor for saproxylic beetle richness: Implications for forest management and conservation	8
Automated registration of wide-baseline point clouds in forests using discrete overlap search	8
Functional diversity dominates positive species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical plantations	8
An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data	8
Factors shaping the distribution of old-growthness attributes in the forests of Spain	8
Potential effects of climate change on growth and the implications for conservation of the endangered Serbian spruce (Picea omorika (Pančić) Purk.)	8
Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under Scots pine plantations in comparison to European beech forests: a paired-plot study across forests with different management history and precipitation regimes	8
No generality in biodiversity-productivity relationships along elevation in temperate and subtropical forest landscapes	8
Quercus acutissima exhibits more adaptable water uptake patterns in response to seasonal changes compared to Pinus massoniana	7
Relationships between charcoal property and post fire productivity in the boreal forest	7
Ungulate browsing patterns and forage abundance determine the regeneration of palatable tree species: Using new perspectives in assessing ungulate browsing pressure in temperate forests	7
Hybrid ecophysiological growth model for deciduous Populus tomentosa plantation in northern China	7
Evaluating soil acidification risk and its effects on biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in the drylands of China	7
Early field performance of three planted inland northwest conifer species: Effects of root growth potential, morphology, and environmental conditions	7
The interaction between temperature and precipitation on the potential distribution range of Betula ermanii in the alpine treeline ecotone on the Changbai Mountain	7
Effects of harvest intensity on the marketable organ yield, growth and reproduction of non-timber forest products (NTFPs): implication for conservation and sustainable utilization of NTFPs	6
The anatomical structure of woody plants in arid habitats is closely related to nonstructural carbohydrates storage	6
Modeling of cold-temperate tree Pinus koraiensis (Pinaceae) distribution in the Asia-Pacific region: Climate change impact	6
Influence of climate fluctuations on Pinus palustris growth and drought resilience	6
Spatial patterns of insect herbivory within a forest landscape: the role of soil type and forest stratum	6
Effects of phosphorus resorption on bioactive phosphorus of different-aged Pinus massoniana plantations	6
Tree structure and diversity shape the biomass of primary temperate mountain forests	6
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition affects forest plant and soil system carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus stoichiometric flexibility: A meta-analysis	6
Stand-level biomass models for predicting C stock for the main Spanish pine species	6
The 2/3 scaling of twig nitrogen to phosphorus in woody plants	6
Addressing nonresponse bias in forest inventory change estimation using response homogeneity classifications	6
A geographical similarity-based sampling method of non-fire point data for spatial prediction of forest fires	6
Tree sapling vitality and recovery following the unprecedented 2018 drought in central Europe	6
Polypore funga and species diversity in tropical forest ecosystems of Africa, America and Asia, and a comparison with temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere	6
Contrast in vulnerability to freezing-induced xylem embolism contributes to divergence in spring phenology between diffuse- and ring-porous temperate trees	6
A comparison of polypore funga and species composition in forest ecosystems of China, North America, and Europe	6
Impact of nitrogen input from biosolids application on carbon sequestration in a Pinus radiata forest	6
Book review “Wattles: Australian Acacia species around the world” by David M. Richardson, Johannes J. Le Roux and Elizabete Marchante	6
Different mechanisms underlying divergent responses of autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration to long-term throughfall reduction in a warm-temperate oak forest	6
Forest composition and red oak (Quercus sp.) response to elevation gradients across greentree reservoirs	5
Once upon a time biomass burning in the western Alps: Nesting effects of climate and local drivers on long-term subalpine fires	5
Tree allometry responses to competition and complementarity in mixed-species plantations of Betula alnoides	5
Biochar amendments increase soil organic carbon storage and decrease global warming potentials of soil CH4 and N2O under N addition in a subtropical Moso bamboo plantation	5
Effects of local neighbourhood diversity on crown structure and productivity of individual trees in mature mixed-species forests	5
An approximate point-based alternative for the estimation of variance under big BAF sampling	5
Legacy effects of historical woodland changes on contemporary plant functional composition	5
Habitat heterogeneity and biotic interactions mediate climate influences on seedling survival in a temperate forest	5
Restoration of natural herbaceous vegetation and spatial variability of forest structure by gradual removal of Scots pine from former plantations	5
Linkage of microbial living communities and residues to soil organic carbon accumulation along a forest restoration gradient in southern China	5
Phosphorus limitation on CO2 fertilization effect in tropical forests informed by a coupled biogeochemical model	5
Disparities in tree mortality among plant functional types (PFTs) in a temperate forest: Insights into size-dependent and PFT-specific patterns	5
Do forest health threats affect upland oak regeneration and recruitment? Advance reproduction is a key co-morbidity	5
Conversion of Andean montane forest to exotic forest plantation modifies soil physicochemical properties in the buffer zone of Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park	5
A tree detection method based on trunk point cloud section in dense plantation forest using drone LiDAR data	5
Mapping species assemblages of tropical forests at different hierarchical levels based on multivariate regression trees	5
Subtropical forest macro-decomposers rapidly transfer litter carbon and nitrogen into soil mineral-associated organic matter	5
Understory seedlings of Quercus mongolica survive by phenological escape	5
Short lifespan and ‘prime period’ of carbon sequestration call for multi-ages in dryland tree plantations	5
Nutrient retranslocation strategies associated with dieback of Pinus species in a semiarid sandy region of Northeast China	5
Multiple forest structural elements are needed to promote beetle biomass, diversity and abundance	4
Moso bamboo expansion decreased soil heterotrophic respiration but increased arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelial respiration in a subtropical broadleaved forest	4
Growth plasticity of conifers did not avoid declining resilience to soil and atmospheric droughts during the 20th century	4
How topography and neighbor shape the fate of trees in subtropical forest restoration: Environmental filtering and resource competition drive natural regeneration	4
Outside Front Cover	4
Modifying regeneration strategies classification to enhance the understanding of dominant species growth in fire-prone forest in Southwest China	4
Late spring-early summer drought and soil properties jointly modulate two pine species' decline and climatic sensitivity in temperate Northern China	4
Prediction of the global potential geographical distribution of Hylurgus ligniperda using a maximum entropy model	4
Wood substitution potential in greenhouse gas emission reduction–review on current state and application of displacement factors	4
Retrieving chlorophyll content and equivalent water thickness of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forests under Pantana phyllostachysae Chao-induced stress from Sentinel-2A/B images in a multiple	4
Effects of stand features and soil enzyme activity on spontaneous pedunculate oak regeneration in Scots pine dominated stands – implication for forest management	4
Diversity of plants and mammals as indicators of the effects of land management types in woodlands	4
Variable growth responses of four tree species to climate and drought in a Madrean pine-oak forest	4

Drivers of spatial structure in thinned forests	4
Meta-analysis of 21st century studies shows that deforestation induces profound changes in soil characteristics, particularly soil organic carbon accumulation	4
Effect of thinning intensity on the stem CO2 efflux of Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr	4
Encroachment drives facilitation at alpine shrublines	3
Patterns of species diversity and its determinants in a temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest	3
Nutrient resorption strategies of three oak tree species in response to interannual climate variability	3
The rate of deadwood decomposition processes in tree stand gaps resulting from bark beetle infestation spots in mountain forests	3
Bark biomass and nutrient concentrations in tropical secondary forest trees of Malaysia	3
Unveiling the adaptation strategies of woody plants in remnant forest patches to spatiotemporal urban expansion through leaf trait networks	3
Determinants of species assemblages of insect pests in alpine forest ecosystems of western China	3
Response of fungal communities to afforestation and its indication for forest restoration	3
Ecological niche modeling of the main forest-forming species in the Caucasus	3
Adaptive optimisation of the management of Korean pine plantation	3
Reduced turnover rate of topsoil organic carbon in old-growth forests: a case study in subtropical China	3
Individual tree segmentation in occluded complex forest stands through ellipsoid directional searching and point compensation	3
Water use strategies determine divergent growth trends of spruce and juniper on the southeastern Tibetan plateau	3
Diversity of click beetles in managed nonnative coniferous and native beech stands: Consequences of changes in the structural and species composition of tree stands in Central Europe	3
Introduction of Dalbergia odorifera enhances nitrogen absorption on Eucalyptus through stimulating microbially mediated soil nitrogen-cycling	3
Resilience and response: Unveiling the impacts of extreme droughts on forests through integrated dendrochronological and remote sensing analyses	3
A guide for selecting the appropriate plot design to measure ungulate browsing	3
Land-use change and windstorms legacies drove the recolonization dynamics of laurel forests in Tenerife, Canary islands	3
Nexus of certain model-based estimators in remote sensing forest inventory	3
Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers	3
Drought events influence nutrient canopy exchanges and green leaf partitioning during senescence in a deciduous forest	3
Intraspecific variation in shoot flammability in Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium is not predicted by habitat environmental conditions	3
Effects of habitat configuration on biodiversity along gradients of forest cover on the Swiss Plateau	3
Influence of soil and elevation on roadside cryptogam diversity in the tropical Andes	3